Did European settlers ever deliberately give blankets infected with smallpox to the Indians?
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It is unclear.
Can taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) after drinking alcohol cause liver damage?
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No.
How much radiation does the average American absorb each year?
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1-2 millisieverts (100-200 millirem)
Was Martin Luther King Jr. a saintly man?
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No
True or False? "Cats can see colors."
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False
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True
True or False? "Anne Boleyn had three breasts."
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False, but she may have had a third nipple.
True or False? "Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times."
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False
Does a mattress double its weight due to dust mites and their debris?
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No
How do flamingos get their pink color?
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From both shrimp and algae that they eat.
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From the shrimp they eat.
True or False? "Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy."
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False
Is there such a thing as "life force energy" (qi, ki, chi, aura)?
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No
What is the origin of the phrase "the whole 9 yards"?
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The capacity of a truck.
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The yardarms of a sailing ship.
Which are smarter, cats or dogs?
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It is impossible to know which is smarter.
How much salt should you consume each day?
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500 mg/day
Does acupuncture work?
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No, acupuncture does not work.
True or False? "The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma."
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False
How many spiders does the average person eat during his lifetime?
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No spiders
True or False? "The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma."
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False
How long does a human head remains conscious after it is been decapitated?
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It loses conciousness immediately.
True or False? "Turkey was named after the first leader of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk."
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False
Why do the bubbles in Guiness Beer appear to sink, rather than float?
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The beer circulates, with the bubbles rising in the middle and falling at the edge.
Was the bird turkey named after the country Turkey, or vice versa?
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The bird was named after the country.
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The country was named after the bird.
What is the origin of the Rx symbol that pharmacists use for prescriptions?
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An abbreviation for the Latin word "recipere" meaning "take"
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The astrological sign for Jupiter.
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The eye of the Egyptian god Horus.
What percentage of seawater is salt?
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3.5%
Is it possible to fold a piece of paper more than seven times?
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Yes
How many people are imprisoned in the United States?
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2.0 million
Was Adolf Hitler a Christian?
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It is unclear.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
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The egg came first.
In equestrian statues, does the number of hooves in the air reveal how the person died?
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No, the number of hooves in the air is unrelated to how the person died.
Does the phrase "sleep tight" come from the old English tradition of making beds of straw with bands to tighten them?
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No, "sleep tight" does not come from straw mattresses.
Do dentists have an exceptionally high rate of suicide?
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No
Was Martin Luther King Jr. a communist?
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No
True or False? "Wearing deodorant or antiperspirant can cause breast cancer."
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False
Can you catch a disease from sitting on a toilet seat?
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No
Who has more ribs, men or women?
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They have the same number.
True or False? "The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century."
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False
Do all species of armadillos have four identical offspring per litter?
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Yes, armadillos always have four identical quadruplets.
Did Adolf Hitler disarm the German people when he came to power?
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No
Can ultraviolet light penetrate glass?
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Yes -- some UV rays can.
Do hair and fingernails continue to grow after death?
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No, hair and fingernails do not continue to grow after you die.
Do first-cousin marriages lead to more birth defects?
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Yes
True or False? "Julius Caesar was born by Caesarean section."
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False.
Does water go down the drain in a different direction in the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
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No, it goes down the same way everywhere.
What is the etymology of "cop", meaning a police officer?
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From "to cop" meaning "to seize" or "to capture"
How much salt does the average American consume each day?
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3,500 mg/day
Is the Great Wall of China the only man-made object visible from the moon?
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No, the Great Wall is not visible from the moon.
Was Adolf Hitler an atheist?
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No
The Straight Dope: Was Hitler a Christian?
Krueger concludes: "So here's what evidence we have.
There is a certain worldview, Nazism.
The majority of his followers are openly religious.
There is no evidence anywhere that this leader ever professed to anyone that he is an atheist.
So where does atheism fit in?"
As Krueger notes, there seems to be no real evidence that Hitler was an atheist.
Did French queen Marie Antoinette say, "Let them eat cake"?
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No, she never said, "Let them eat cake."
True or False? "The charred bits of grilled meat can cause cancer."
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It is unclear.
Did Coca Cola originally include cocaine as an ingredient?
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Yes, Coke originally had cocaine in it.
Is it possible to blow your eyeballs out when you sneeze?
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No
Did Martin Luther King Jr. plagiarize his doctoral dissertation?
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Yes
Did vikings wear horns on their helmets?
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No, vikings did not wear horns on their helmets.
True or False? "America puts many more of its citizens in prison than any other nation."
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True
True or False? "If you don't shut your eyes when you sneeze then they'll pop out of your head."
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False
True or False? "Armadillos are able to contract leprosy."
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True
True or False? "Desalinization costs around five times as much as processing water from normal freshwater supply sources."
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True
Have any two democracies gone to war since 1945?
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No
True or False? "Second, the leading cause of this cancer appears to be a woman's own menstrual cycle, which causes periodic cell division in breast tissue."
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True
Did Martin Luther King Jr. ever beat women?
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Yes
Did Martin Luther King Jr. have extramarital affairs?
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Yes
Did Martin Luther King Jr. participate in group sex?
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Yes
Was Martin Luther King Jr. a great American?
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Yes
Was Martin Luther King Jr. a hypocrite?
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Yes